Search for actor Andrew Koenig ends as body found

By IBT Staff Reporter On 02/25/10 AT 9:06 PM

The search for actor Andrew Koenig, 41 ended Thursday when a group of his friends and relatives found his body in Stanley Park in Vancouver.

The actor's father had called the public to help find his son since he went missing on February 14. Today, he was in the group of people who found the actor's body off the park's popular Bridle Path, the Vancouver Sun reported.

My son committed suicide, Mr. Walter Koenig said at a press conference today, fighting back tears.

Koenig appeared on the 1980's sitcom Growing Pains. He also acted on other TV shows such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, G.I. Joe, My Two Dads, 21 Jump Street, My Sister Sam and Adam-12.

In movies he appeared on NonSeNse, InAlienable, The Theory of Everything and Batman: Dead End.